Andronicus, a general
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"Measure is best," someone said, and the saying became a dedication at Delphi.
I believe one should help everyone who suffers undeservedly, to the extent one can, and I consider this pleasing to...
This Auxentius is not technically my student, but he is far more devoted than many who are.
We have received a wonderful report about both of you -- Hypatius and yourself -- and you should know that you fully...
You could easily obtain a favor from Cyrillus, both as his friend and as the governor of Tyre.
The soldiers serving under Modestus have done me many favors.
Let me borrow something from Demosthenes to talk to you about this man Bassus.
I knew perfectly well that you would welcome the admirable Palladius with great warmth, even without a letter from me.
What have you done? You who committed only one fault -- but the one fault you should never have committed, even if...
The admirable Mares was both my fellow student and my teacher -- for having grown alongside me, he rose to that rank.
Sebon is a Cretan, and he is related by blood to the people you govern -- for he descends from those men born to...
No doubt you and your friends often discuss Phoenicia -- one praising the nature of its soil, another the tempering...
I know that you were going to receive Palladius kindly without any letter from me.
I have several things to lay before you, and I hope you will forgive the length of this letter -- it is the price of...
You will notice that my letters grow longer as your term in office continues.
Antiochus serves the whole city through his medical practice, but the greatest share of his labors is spent on my...
This Antiochus here is a man who barely survived.
I have never prayed to hold power myself.
If you have ever wondered what kind of man Callimachus is, you will find out from this visit.
I have long admired how you handle the affairs entrusted to you, and this admiration only grows with each report I...
The young man who carries this letter is one of my finest students.
Surely you will not demand a long letter from me this time.
I thought you had dropped your charge -- the one where you accuse me of writing too briefly.
Whenever someone says a letter has arrived from Andronicus, I know it means complaints have arrived.
You need a plan to deal with the scheming of your uncle -- let him keep the title "uncle" in my letters too, so...
Either you are joking in your letter or you are completely out of touch with reality.
1. Did but my health allow of my being able to undertake a journey without difficulty, and of putting up with the inclemency of the winter, I should, instead of writing, have travelled to your excellency in person, and this for two reasons. First to pay my old debt, for I know that I promised to come to Sebastia and to have the pleasure of seein...
Gaudentius shares with me the work of teaching the young.
If I were to tell you who Letoius is by birth, who he is by character, and what he is to me, I would end up teaching...
Word of the deeds this man Maiorinus has done for me has probably reached you already.
To the General.
To the General Zeno,